Notice Information
Notice Title
Transfer, handling, storage and/ or final disposition of deceased individuals
Notice Description
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the "Authority") delivers acute hospital services across two major district general hospitals: Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (GRH) and Cheltenham General Hospital (CGH). The Authority provides healthcare services to a population of approximately 641,000 residents, spanning seven locality areas: South Cotswolds, North Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, and Stroud & Berkeley Vale. This Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) relates to the transfer, handling, storage and/ or final disposition of deceased individuals of all ages, including adults, children, infants, neonates, stillbirths and foetal remains, across all Authority Sites. The services must be delivered in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the deceased and Family Representatives, and upholds the highest standards of dignity, respect, and sensitivity. This services encompasses the following key components: * Transport of Deceased Patients. * Hospital Funeral Services. * Foetal Cremation Services. * Storage for Deceased Persons under Special Circumstances. Additional Services (as required): * Internal Collection and Transfer of Deceased. * Provision of Additional Surge Mortuary Capacity. This PME seeks to notify the market of an upcoming procurement and invite expressions of interest from potential suppliers for structured PME activities. These include completion of a supplier questionnaire and attendance at virtual information and feedback session
Planning Information
The market engagement documentation is available for unrestricted and direct access, free of charge, via the Health Family e-Sourcing portal (Atamis) at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome. Suppliers interested in this opportunity are invited to register their interest by accessing the Atamis e-Sourcing portal and searching for Atamis Reference: C395199. Requests to participate must be submitted electronically via Atamis. Upon registration, suppliers will be granted access to the published materials, which include the Market Engagement Questionnaire. Respondents are encouraged to review and complete this questionnaire as part of the engagement process.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065696
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014552-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
98 - Other community, social and personal services
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- CPV Codes
39296100 - Coffins
98370000 - Funeral and related services
98371000 - Funeral services
98371100 - Cemetery services and cremation services
98371110 - Cemetery services
98371120 - Cremation services
98371200 - Undertaking services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £350,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 5 May 20263 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 23 Aug 2026 - 23 Aug 2033 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Dan Kirkbride
- Contact Email
- dan.kirkbride@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- 07766457290
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLOUCESTER
- Postcode
- GL53 7AN
- Post Town
- Gloucester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK73 Gloucestershire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLK13 Gloucestershire CC
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- Local Authority
- Cheltenham
- Electoral Ward
- College
- Westminster Constituency
- Cheltenham
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014552-2026
17th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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